Sickele Cell Anemia

Sickle cell disease is a rare inherited blood disorder. The symptoms of sickle cell disease typically begin in the first 3 years to 5 years of life. The signs of disease are pains in chest, abdomen, limbs and joints. The joint pain usually not accompanied by joint swelling. Children with Sickle cell disease may grow slowly and have many nosebleeds.

      It generally occurs by the interaction of two genes, one received from the father and the other from the mother. People who inherit only one sickle cell gene are said to have `sickle cell trait’. However, people with sickle cell disease must inherit two genes for sickle cell problem one from each parent to get this disease.

The Homoeopathic concepts were broader and more applicable to the art of healing. According to the Homoeopathy constitution of the individual is prior to causation of the patient illness. And the constitution and causation are considered supreme, primary and worthwhile. Where the knowledge of pathology helps a Homoeopath to differentiate between the common and uncommon symptoms of the patient. This knowledge is very useful in the selection of Homoeopathic remedy.

The children between age group 3Years to 12 Years were reported approximately 200 to 250 cases from different places of Andhrapradesh and Orissa to savitri Homoeopathic Clinic by The Department of Human Genetics, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, WALTAIR for the last 12 years. These cases were studied according to the symptomatology, each time the child was clinically evaluated for the specific symptoms like anemia, pain abdomen, enlarged spleen and liver, recurrent attacks of fever and hemoglobin levels. The children who were received this medicine had shown a marked improvement  was observed in the presence of signs and symptoms, growth and general development. There are many remedies under the system of homoeopathy to treat Sickle cell anemia and proved their efficacy in treating the disease successfully.